Ibu volcano (Halmahera, Indonesia): vigorous eruption yesterday

Eruption at Ibu volcano yesterday (image: PVMBG)

The PVMBG observatory’s surveillance cameras observed a quite strong eruption at the volcano at 14:54 local time yesterday.

An increasingly larger grey ash plume was seen rising to estimated 2,8 km altitude spreading south.

The seismic network reported a signal with a maximum amplitude of 26 mm and a duration of 100 seconds.

Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi volcano activity update 17 August 2022